Activities of Leonidas DONSKIS related to 2012/2136(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the impact of the financial and economic crisis on human rights
Amendments (7)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that the economic and financial crisis has had detrimental effects on access to food, health care and, education for the most vulnerable groups in society, in both urban and rural areas, and has resulted in globally dramatically increasing poverty levels; recalls that governments have a duty to ensure respect for economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights and, to provide protection against abuses by, for example, corporate and other private actors, and to investigate financial crimes by these actors;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the crisis has shown that social protection spending increases poor people’s resilience to shocks and reduces the social costs of the crisis; highlights as well that countries with effective systems of domestic taxation reduce their vulnerability to sudden losses of trade taxes or foreign capital inflows; urges, therefore, the EU to help developing countries set up progressive and effective taxation systems to mitigate the impact of the crisis;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasizes that social tensions have led to increasing discrimination and xenophobia towards minorities and migrant workers who belong to the most vulnerable groups affected by the crisis and whose needs have to be taken into account responding to the crisis;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates its strong determination to defend and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms – civil, political, economic, social and cultural – as a core principle of ithe European Union's foreign policy and underpinning all other policies, as enshrined in the Treaty of Lisbon, in particular in the context of the economic and financial crisis;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. EStresses the importance of ensuring that support for human rights and democracy promotion should not be undermined by decreasing the budget for such projects in the face of the crisis; in this context emphasises the need to offer steady support to projects financed by the European Instrument for Human Rights and Democracy (EIDHR) for human rights defenders advocating for economic and social rights, such as the rights of workers and migrants, and stresses the importance of promoting human rights education;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for a specific enforcement mechanism to monitor implementation of human rights clauses in bilateral and international agreements signed by the EU; welcomes efforts to improve analysis of the human rights situation in third countries when launching or concluding trade and/or investment agreements; notes with concern that the current human rights monitoring provisions in Partnership and Cooperation Agreements are not clearly defined or sufficiently ambitious; calls on the EU to adopt an unfaltering principled stance in insisting that its partner countries comply with the fundamental human rights clauses in international agreements;